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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. MSLE instruction requires that organization on material follow the logical order of the language. Sequence must begin with the easiest and progress to more difficult material. Each step must be based on prior knowledge.






2. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






3. Federal Law. Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$ - Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the workplace.






4. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






5. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence. The accented part is spoken louder - longer - and/or in a higher tone. The speaker's mouth opens wider while saying an accented syllable.






6. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






7. Proceeds from the part to the whole.Reading is driven by the text. Emphasizes the written or printed text. Flesch - Gough - LaBerge and Samuels.






8. Final stable syllable

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9. Teutonic invasion and settlement - The Christianizing of Britain - The creation of a national English culture - Danish-English warfare - Political adjustment and cultural assimilation and the decline of Old English as a result of The Norman Conquest.






10. Feeling through fingertips






11. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






12. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






13. Whole body learning






14. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






15. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






16. A significant unit of visual shape. We use the visual shape as to cover not only writing - but also any other shape perceived by the eye which is a visible representation of a unit of speech. A single graphic letter or letter cluster which represents






17. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






18. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.






19. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






20. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






21. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






22. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






23. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






24. One of a class of speech sounds in which sound moving through the vocal tract is constricted or obstructed by the lips - tongue or teeth during articulation.






25. Closed syllable






26. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






27. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl






28. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






29. Normalized standard scores with a range of 1 to 9. They are status score within a particulur norm group.






30. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships

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31. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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32. Ability to understand and express spoken language






33. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






34. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






35. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






36. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






37. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






38. Ability to think reason and solve problems. Skills are usually measured by an individual test of intelligence/IQ test. Requires being able to generalize from past experience and use that knowledge to respond to new situations.






39. Study of sounds and how the work within their environment






40. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






41. Children may be physical and socially immature - may be awkward in social situations - may have difficulty reading social cues - may have trouble finding the right words - stammering. - may feel anxious in school






42. Was a pivotal event in English history. It largely removed the native ruling class - replacing it with a foreign - French-speaking monarchy - aristocracy - and clerical hierarchy. This - in turn - brought about a transformation of the English languag






43. Students proceed trough predictable stages of learning to reading.

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44. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






45. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






46. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






47. The process of systematically gathering test scores and related data in order to make judgement about an individuals ability to perform various mental activities involved in the processing - acquisition - retention - conceptualization - and organizat






48. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






49. Tests used to identify the nature and source of an individual's educational - psychological - or medical difficulties or disabilities in order to facilitate correction or remediation.






50. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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